Faucet.



M. P..' ELGEN.

PATENTED APR, 14, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAGNUS P. ELGEN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO KNUDT AMUNDSEN AND ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN P. NELSON, BOTH OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

FAUCET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAGNUs P. ELGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to im rovements in faucets designed particularly or use in connection with liquor barrels, its object being 'to provide an improved form of faucet containing a valve actuated by a removable member, which valve will stand in closed position when said member is removed.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved faucet shown partly in section; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 9c-x of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a similar section on line yy of Fig. 1.

In the drawings A represents a plug adapted to be suitably secured in a barrel as by means of the thread 2. A passage 3 extends centrally through the lug. Rotatablyfitted in the inner end of the passage 3 is a cupshaped valve 4 held in position by a plate 5 secured upon the inner face of the plug. The plate 5 is formed with a pair of openings 6 which register with branch openings 7 in the plug which in turn come into registering position with openings 8 in the sides of the valve 4 in the rotation of said valve.

B represents a faucet spout which is adapted to be threaded into the passage 3 through the plug by means of studs 9 carried by the inner wall of said passage and fitting into a spiral groove 10 carried by the inner end of thefaucet spout. The faucet spout is provided with a suitable hand grip 1 1. The faucet spout carries at its inner end a rib 12 which fits into the recesses 13 in the inner side walls of the valve 4., in which recesses it has lay. It will thus be evident that there wil be lost Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 16, 1906.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Serial No. 311,929.

motion between the rib 12 and valve in the opening and closing of the valve. This lost play allows the faucet spout to tighten any packing that may be interposed between it and the plug before the valve is opened. A passage 14 extends through the faucet spout, as shown in Fig. 1, opening into the cupvalve 4 alongside the rib 12.

In operation the faucet spout will first be screwed into the plug, as shown in Fig. 1, to carry its rib 12 into the groove 13 of the valve 4. By then further turning the spout the lost motion between the spout and valve will first be taken up and the cup-valve 4 will be turned to bring its openings 8 into registering position with the branch openings 7, as shown in Fig. 1, allowing the liquor to pass through the openings 7 and through the valve and spout. By turning the spout in the opposite direction the lost motion between the rib and valve will first be taken up, the valve being then turned into closed position, and in the continued turning movement the spout will be unscrewed from the plug. Thus the spout serves as a key necessary to actuate the valve and thus prevent the valve being opened except by the person having the spout in his possession.

I claim A faucet of the class described comprising a plug provided with a central passage, a cup valve rotatably su ported in the inner end of said assage, said cup valve being formed with si e ports connectmg with ports extending through the adjacent end of said plug, a spout member removably threaded in said passage, and a rib upon the inner end of said spout member extending centrally into said cup valve and having play therein, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAGNUS P. ELGEN.

Witnesses:

H. S. JoHNsoN, EMILY F. Girls, 

